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May 22, 2019 · Disney’s latest remake, Aladdin (2019) 57%, arrives in theaters on Friday riding a lava wave of hot-takes and head-scratching curiosity: the first images of Will Smith as a “blue genie” left some fans skeptical, and the choice of British director, Guy Ritchie, who got his start making kinetic gangster flicks, seemed either odd or inspired, depending on your bent.
They’re merely grand refreshers in the company’s long line of iconic properties. But despite the studio’s transparent motives, Aladdin remains a showcase for three very talented performers who reinvent their characters with such charm that the callousness of Disney’s remake enterprise feels momentarily outmatched. Critical Movie Critic ...
- Aaron Leggo
- PG
- Guy Ritchie
The CGI and the practical effects of the movie do and don’t work at certain times during the film. There are points where Smith’s Genie looks authentic when next to the actors and in certain ...
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The thing about low expectations is that overcoming them is a whole lot easier than surpassing high expectations. It’s not hard to see why Aladdin was viewed with such cynicism when it was announced. For one thing, Disney’s live-action remakes have been a contentious issue for fans and critics alike. They make lots of money but are dismissed as car...
The main reason Disney’s live-action remakes have proven so lucrative is the same reason that Disney has been a steady success since the 1920s: nostalgia sells. There's no more effective a money maker than tapping into an audience’s nostalgic yearnings, and no studio has more efficiently tapped into that than Disney, even before they were remaking ...
Every time a major release that isn’t centered on white men does great business at the box office, there are a slew of headlines questioning if this is the beginning of a new trend in Hollywood or if this was one more fluke for the studio. It happened with Wonder Woman, Black Panther, and Captain Marvel, to name but three, and it’s happened again w...
Few of the Disney live-action remakes have been critically beloved. The Jungle Book and Cinderella both have Rotten Tomatoes scores over 84 percent, but the average is somewhere in the late 50s. What they all have in common, however, is high CinemaScore rankings. Every live-action remake from Alice in Wonderland onward has a score of A- or higher. ...
Of course, just because Aladdin has overcome low expectations to become a hit for studio and director alike, that doesn’t mean that Disney doesn't have some big lessons to learn from this experience. Aladdinhas still been heavily criticized by Arab and Middle Eastern fans for its reductive take on their culture and ideas. Ritchie recently made some...
May 22, 2019 · For starters, Aladdin wishes to be a prince worthy of wooing Jasmine. And Ritchie pulls out all the stops in “Prince Ali,” a circus-like production number. Smith, however is the movie’s best ...
May 24, 2019 · This "Aladdin" is still the funny-sentimental-inspirational story of a poor "street rat" who comes into possession of a magic lamp and a magic carpet, summons a big blue genie, and embarks on a scheme to win the heart of a princess and stop an evil vizier from stealing the kingdom away from the heroine's dad. There are at least two potentially ...
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May 23, 2019 · Steal a kingdom and you’re a statesman,” is another Machiavellian observation heard early on. Once Will Smith’s Genie comes out of the lantern, the film quickly turns into a buddy movie. The ...
